What are your guys opinion on this one does it look real. or does it look like an old bad cloning?

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=218...rch=OLDSMOBILE

 

Without original documentation you're in big trouble with this car. Not enough pics or info but i'm already leaning towards it being originally a Cutlass without the "442" option. The trunk lid and "possibly" the hood is/are from a '71 Cutlass. Grilles and 442 emblems are there but could've always been added later. Get under the rear of the car and see if a sway bar exists.

 

the car is about 45 miles away from me i will be in there this weekend if the wife will let me (yeah i know. lol) then i will swing in to look at it. i notice the trunck having the 71 ss on it, it having no rear view mirror so i cant see if its black has no mirrors?sport mirrors, and has no cut-out in the rear bumper. could the 72 442 be ordered in bench seat?

 

But then again the steering column is red so maybe, it does have buckets. i dont know.

 

442 was an option code in 1972 so it is as real as it needs to be. Check the vin to see if it is a 455 car as the engine color is for the big block. Was not originally a 442 unless the decklid was changed because of the moulding. Original 455 cars are of the best value on this model.

Lee

 

Its says its a 350. so i dont think its a big block car.

Did all 72 442s have cut out rear bumpers? or only the 455 ones?

 

455 ones

 

IMO on a '72 small block car it being a real 442 or a clone is no big deal since it was only an appearance package. JMO.